Location LT1, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK

Geography, Community, Culture: Designing for Context

As part of the School of Architecture’s 25th Anniversary celebrations, the CUHK Kinoshita Lecture in Architecture 2017, titled “Geography, Community, Culture: Designing for Context”, is given by award-winning London-based architect Sir David Adjaye. The lecture explores how Adjaye’s designs have emerged from a rigorous investigation of their context, including the nuances of their histories and geographies, and how this is an essential component for creating architecture that resonates with its users and surrounding communities.

Sir David Adjaye OBEBorn in Tanzania to Ghanaian parents, Adjaye is recognised as a leading architect of his generation. His ingenious use of materials and sculptural ability have established him as an architect with an artist’s sensibility and vision. Since establishing Adjaye Associates in 2000, Adjaye has built his name on public projects that enrich the civic life of their users, including the recently opened National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. Adjaye was honoured with the title of OBE in 2007 and is receiving knighthood later this year for his services to British architecture.